Pike
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Pike can refer to:
- Pike (weapon), a pole weapon
- Pike (fish)
- Pike (surname)
- Pike (programming language)
- Pike (Cheerleading) a cheerleading jump
- Pike Square, military tactic developed by the Old Swiss Confederacy during the 15th century
- Pikes on Cliffs, a small rural house in Estaca de Bares, Spain
- Short for turnpike
- A main highway (sometimes a toll road)
- Pike, used as a verb, means to shorten a longbow in Archery
- Pike expedition, American exploration (1806–1807) led by Army Captain Zebulon Pike to explore the Louisiana Purchase
- Pikes Peak, mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA
- Pike's Peak Country, common name for what is now Colorado before it was organized
- Pikes peak granite, a type of granite
- Pikes Peak Marathon, annual marathon to the top of Pikes Peak
- Pikes Peak or Bust!, slogan of miners heading to Colorado during the Colorado Gold Rush
[edit] Persons named Pike
[edit] Actual Persons
- Albert Pike (1809–1891), American attorney, soldier, writer, and Confederate general
- Austin F. Pike
- Christopher Pike (author), pseudonym of author Kevin McFadden (1954–), American writer
- Geoff Pike (author/illustrator), author of best-selling books and creator of the first video on tai-chi
- Holly Pike (contemporary), Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador, member of the New Democratic Party
- James Pike (1913–1969), American Episcopal bishop, Diocese of California
- James Shepherd Pike (19th century), journalist criticized for distorting Reconstruction era in South Carolina
- Jill Pike (contemporary), American radio personality
- John Pike (settler) (1572–1654), settler in Newbury, Massachusetts
- John E. Pike American science writer and political consultant
- Jonathan Pike (1949–), British architectural painter
- Kenneth L. Pike (1912–2000), American linguist and anthropologist
- Lip Pike (1845–1893), American star of 19th century baseball
- Martin Pike (1972–), Australian Football League player
- Mervyn Pike (1918–2004), British Dame of the Order of the British Empire
- Natalie Pike (1983–), English model, winner of the Miss British Isles Competition in 2004
- Otis G. Pike
- Peter Pike (1937–), British politician, Member of Parliament (–2005), member of the Labour Party
- Rob Pike (1956–), American software engineer, worked at Bell Labs as a member of the Unix team, now works for Google
- Rosamund Pike (1979–), British actress
- William Pike (–1591), Catholic martyr
- Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), American soldier and Exploration|explorer for whom Pikes Peak is named
[edit] Fictional characters
- Christopher Pike, character in Star Trek
- Ernie Pike, Argentinian comics novel written by Hector German Oesterheld and drawn by Hugo Pratt
- Private Frank Pike, naive young bank clerk and Home Guard private in Dad's Army and It Sticks Out Half a Mile
- Joe Pike, Elvis Cole's partner in a series of private-eye novels by Robert Crais
- Pike (Buffyverse character), a character in the movie version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Luke Perry
- Pike Male elf character (skilled with a pike) in the comic book Elfquest
[edit] Places in the United States
- Pike (town), New York
- Pike (village), New York
- Pike Bay Township, Minnesota
- Pike Creek, Delaware, a census-designated place
- Pike Creek Township, Minnesota
- Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana
- Pike Township, Minnesota
- Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
- Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
- Pike Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania
- Pike County, Alabama
- Pike County, Arkansas
- Pike County, Georgia
- Pike County, Illinois
- Pike County, Indiana
- Pike County, Kentucky
- Pike County, Mississippi
- Pike County, Missouri
- Pike County, Ohio
- Pike County, Pennsylvania
[edit] British mountains
- Clougha Pike, mountain in Lancashire, England
- Cold Pike, hill in the Lake District, England
- Dollywaggon Pike, fell in the Lake District, England
- Esk Pike, mountain in the Lake District, England
- Nethermost Pike, mountain in the Lake District, England
- Scafell Pike, mountain in the Lake District, England
[edit] Fish
- Blue pike, extinct freshwater fish (Stizostedion vitreum)
- Mackerel pike, fish (Cololabis Saira)
- Northern pike, carnivorous freshwater fish (Esox lucius)
- Pike, genus of fish (Esox)
[edit] Ships
- USS Pike (SS-6), Plunger-class submarine of the United States Navy 1903–1921
- USS Pike (SS-173), submarine of the United States Navy 1935–1945
[edit] Ciphers
- Pike (cipher), stream cipher invented by Ross Anderson
- Red Pike, United Kingdom government cipher
[edit] Other
- Minnesota Fighting Pike, former Arena Football League team in 1996
- The Northern Pikes, Canadian rock band
- Pike Place Market, open-air public market in Seattle, Washington, USA
- The Pike School, private day school in Andover, Massachusetts, USA
- The Pike, a tourist attraction and former amusement park in Long Beach, California, USA
- Pontop Pike Television Transmitter, British transmitter tower near the village of Dipton, County Durham, England
[edit] See also
- Pyke
- Pi Kappa Alpha, a fraternity
- Pepper Pike, Ohio
